Using Piping Gel To Simulate Water??
Decorating By specialtycakesbysara Updated 14 Dec 2006 , 6:30pm by Princess3
I am a beginner and I want to make a cake for Christmas that has a little "pond" on the cake. I know to use piping gel and blue coloring, but I don't know exactly how to apply it to the cake. Can someone please help me?? 
Thanks!!
~Sara
I have done it before using just a 2-4 tip and tint the gel very light blue. It doesn't move.
Could tint some icing shade of blue you want. Pipe an outline on the cake with white icing to the shape of your pond. Let it harden, then flood with softer blue icing. Once it has hardened, pipe over with piping gel to give a watery look.
Could then build up edges of pond to look like snow drifts etc
cheers
Jan
I used a spoon and dolloped it in, but for the cake I made the area for the water was about 3"wx6"lx1/2"d. Then I used the back of the spoon to smooth it out and simulate the ripples of water. I didn't have any problems. I did use a parchment bag for the waterfall though.
I did have a time trying to make the cake though. All kinds of visitors the day I was decorating who all insisted on sitting down for coffee, asking a bunch of questions non cake related, and generally making a pest of themselves. Then I had to go to work to take care of an emergency, and before I new it. . . Boom! Time for the party! So instead of the waterfall looking like slaterock, it is just rolled fondant, and instead of side decorations, it got a plain border sprayed blue. It was my dd birthday cake though, so she understood. She just wanted to go to the pool and have pizza and SUGAR!!!!!
Good luck to you!
I usually do what Crylynn suggested. I think it comes out fine, but I guess it depends on what type body of water you want to copy: a lake, a puddle, a flowing river, a waterfall, etc. Then the other suggestions might be more of what you need to do. 
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